Killing Relatives

Question
If a father, mother, brother, or uncle kills their son, daughter, or sister, should they be killed? What is their punishment?
Answer
I say, and with God's success: The father and mother are not to be killed for the killing of their children; because they were the cause of their existence, so they should not be the cause of their execution. Unlike the uncle and brother, they are to be killed and avenged. As for the father and mother, they must pay the blood money due to the abolition of retaliation. And God knows best.
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